.Bart Young/NBAE using Getty ImagesWashington Wizards aide instructor Zach Guthrie has been actually worked with as head trainer of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Organization affiliate, the South Gulf Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are employing Zach Guthrie as the trainer of the franchise business's G Game partner in South Bay, resources say to ESPN. Guthrie has been actually an NBA aide with Washington, Dallas as well as Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Bay Lakers split methods along with former head train Dane Johnson in August after one season as well as a 26-24 general record.Guthrie was actually hired by the Wizards in 2021 as an aide to move instructor Wes Unseld Jr. He recently dealt with the Utah Jazz as an associate to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, adhered to through pair of periods with the Dallas Mavericks and also Rick Carlisle.Guthrie likewise has expertise as manager of state-of-the-art scouting for the Orlando Miracle and as assistant video clip organizer for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Bay scalp train Johnson left the association after 2024 No. 55 selection Bronny James, the kid of Lakers star LeBron James, struggled early in summer season organization play.Guthrie are going to now likely be charged with tackling the task of cultivating James, who is actually expected to invest most of his novice time in the G League.Guthrie's previous head mentoring knowledge consists of leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer months league.In 2023 Guthrie delivered some idea into his coaching theory on The Baseball Podcast with Chris Oliver coming from Baseball Engrossment, when he claimed he liked to take a "comprehensive method" to coaching." I presume immediately, our team as instructors have a tendency to become as well siloed," Guthrie told Oliver last summertime. "Our team intend to just check out the micro, the little bit of skill-sets as well as the exercise as well as this play and also this trait. I assume it is actually all about linking it to the activity as well as knowing the context." Our company want to have these dress shop, 1-on-1 treatments. Everything's about [the gamer] and also his growth and his growth. However you need to understand just how that moves to the group, to the 5-on-5 element. Our company take a lot of this particular out of situation and our company acquire so dropped within this personal capability when it concerns just how does it transmit to the crew and also exactly how may our experts receive as much group growth as possible ... That's what I suggest by the alternative method." Lakers followers will certainly now find how Guthrie chooses to use that method to James' advancement when the South Bay Lakers tip off their 17th NBA G Organization period on Nov. 9 at the NBA team's technique center.